Dog Health Questions: How do I get my dog to stop humping?

Our dog is a small havanese dog. He is between the ages of 2-6, and if course, a male. We are sure that our dog does not think he is higher than the family members. My mother is the highest above of him, my grandma is next, and I am just a little over him. And my sister is down below. We are going to get his testes removed, I forgot the name of the surgery. We think it will make him calmer and he will lessen the humping. We have actually tried this stuff from a vet, we plugged it in and it's supposed to release calming stuff into the air around the dog. Which then makes the dog stop barking and act calmer, in fact our dog stopped barking at sounds and stuff, but did not get any calmer! And a very serious problem now and before is that he is humping me, my sister, and her friends. It's getting a little out of hand now, I do watch many dog training shows and research lots. I have taught my dog many tricks, by the way I've been yelling out a very sharp noise like. "AH!" or you know from the show "It's me or the dog". We only do that when he is doing something bad, but he just never listens when we do it when he's humping.

Please answer this question, we are going to get him some surgery done on his testes, but we still need to find out some way if the surgery doesn't work. Thanks!

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Neutering your dog won't necessarily stop the problem. Dog Humping, believe it or not, is less about sexual stimulance than it is about your dog showing its dominance.

There are three strategies to dealing with it.

1. You can use a negative reinforcement strategy when catching your dog in the act and spray him with a water spray bottle.
2. You can use the Distraction" Strategy
3. You can use the "Ignore" Strategy

All three strategies are explained step by step in detail in this article:
http://www.dog-training-works.com/how-to-stop-dog-humping.html

Check it out. That article provides a great formula for ending this dog behavior problem.

Good Luck!

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• Honestly, the surgery should take care of the problem. If it doesn't, it would indicate a dominance issue. He would need to be trained to understand that he is not the dominant one.


• Just wait till after you get him neutered, you may be suprised as that most likely will be the only thing needed.